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IOS device changed from Allow to Block status
An iOS device used for as long as I've had the Orbi system installed (about two years) was switched from ALLOW to BLOCK status in Access Control. Here's what the log show: [Access Control] Device (d...
Thank you CrimpOn for your quick response.
Access Control is always ON, except when we have visitors; and turned back on again when they leave. So yes, Access Control was turned on, with that iOS device shown in ALLOW status for months; and all of a sudden, it was blocked.
Yes, I use the Orbi app sometimes; and other times I use the Orbi Web page.
Thanks for answering. I wonder what experiment would validate (or disprove) my hypothesis about the "app" as the culprit. Maybe disconnect a device by turning it off. Open the app and bring up (what?). Then, turn the device back on and see if it gets blocked. Looks like there will be no easy answer.
My "take-away" is that any time a device "goes weird", I should pull up the Orbi administration and see if it has mysteriously been "Paused" (the app) or "Blocked" (web). My rant for today: WHY does Netgear not notice/care that their programmers assign different names to what should be the same thing? ("Attached Devices" on the router. "Connected Devices" on the satellite. "Blocked" vs. "Paused")